Retail Operations

Latino buying power, social shopping, location services, and germ free clothing.

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Some interesting retail ideas and trends from around the web:

Hispanic buying power

Thirty major consumer, sports and services brands such as Subway, Clorox, H&R Block and the NBA have joined the Latinum Network. These companies pool their database information and cross reference Hispanic buying preferences, patterns, and demographics. The idea is to develop a deeper [Read More]

June 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Retail Operations, Retail Trends | Leave a comment
Retail Operations

Q4 Ecommerce Spending Up 3%

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Here it is straight from the horse’s…comScore’s… mouth

RESTON, VA, February 9, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Q4 2009 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached $39 billion, up 3 percent versus year ago. Total retail e-commerce spending reached $129.8 [Read More]

February 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Retail Operations, eCommerce | One comment
Retail Construction

Retail Construction Lags Retail Employment

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Retail construction continues to stagnate and slow even as overall natioinal employment, and retail jobs in particular, begin to improve.  Crains Chicago Business reports a 25 year low in retail construction activity.  The report focuses on retail mall development, highlighting the recent transfer to receivership of the Block 37 mall project, however it is unclear if  smaller non-mall [Read More]

February 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Retail Construction, Retail People | 2 comments